ASSISTANT EDITING FOR REALITY TELEVISiON - Free Webinar
Taught by Assistant Editor's’ Bootcamp creator Noah Chamow, the Assistant Editing for Reality Television course is for those interested in working in reality television and covers what is most important for a new/learning assistant editor including ingesting media, exporting cuts, Scriptsync and multi-grouping.
The eight videos will auto-play with a total length of just under 5 hours. To view and jump to chapters, use the descriptions in the YouTube Playlist
Below is everything you’ll need:
If you don’t own Media Composer please install a trial from the download links below so that you are able to follow along. If you have a newer version of Avid that should work fine as well.
Download the media for the class
(If you have trouble opening the media on a Mac try installing The Unarchiver)
This class covers the following, and much more:
Why Start as an Assistant Editor in reality TV
Union hours
Fundamental Concepts of Video
Including resolution, bit rate, frame rate and much more
Understanding Avid Projects and the Interface
Avid project structure
User interface and settings
Using the Avid attic
Importing and Ingesting MediaImporting photos, videos, audio, graphics
Linking vs importing
Source Settings: Luts, Frameflex
Transcoding vs consolidating
Exporting mediaBuilding cuts
Creating export settings
ScriptSync
Formatting scripts
Importing scripts
Script syncing
Building a day stack
What to do when timecode crosses midnight
Creating sub stacks
Syncing multiple cameras and external audio
Adding markers for sync points
Multi-grouping
Understanding multi-groups
Troubleshooting multi-groups
Let us know if you have any questions by emailing us at assistbootcamp@gmail.com and please sign up for our mailing list below to stay in the loop about upcoming classes!
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The Instructor
Noah Chamow has been working as an assistant editor in reality television on and off for over ten years on projects including NBC's The Voice and Discovery’s Naked and Afraid. Along with assistant editing Noah has worked as everything from a broadcast engineer to a finishing editor and he now works as a visual effects editor on scripted projects. Noah is very passionate about education and through the Assistant Editors' Bootcamp he hopes to help other assistants to hone their skills and help those who are new to assisting to get the experience they need to get started.